[Music]
sometimes all you need is one night what
sure sure no welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’re counting down our picks
for the top 10 movies that take place
over 1 night for this list we’re looking
at movies in which the majority of the
action takes place over the course of a
single night if a film briefly sets up
the events of the evening throughout the
afternoon or only comes to a conclusion
the morning after we will still consider
it why’d you do it
why’d you waste Cyrus no reason what
matters most is that each of these films
centers around one truly unforgettable
night if none of you deduce that the
others would involve to number 10 clue
well what are you afraid of a fate worse
than death
no just dead paramount definitely rolled
the dice on this one based on the iconic
murder mystery board game the film
version takes place in a lavish New
England mansion as a collection of
suspicious dinner guests tries to figure
out who killed their host mr. Boddy why
was mr. Boddy pretending to be dead he
could any because he realized that his
scheme had misfired and the gunshot was
intended to kill him not me considered a
cult classic this film ups the urgency
by compressing the investigation into a
single evening as the drama unfolds the
tensions rise and the bodies start to
pile up everybody begins to wonder if
they will make it till morning maybe he
wasn’t dead he was we should have made
sure how I cut his head off I suppose
that wasn’t called for in a unique
marketing move and one that remained
true to the game the film’s ultimate
Dyneema could play out in a variety of
different ways with theaters receiving
one of three versions of the film each
with a different ending whoever has the
gun is the murderer brilliantly worked
at Watson high congratulate chute number
9
Locke
making a good movie doesn’t need to be
complicated
just stick Tom Hardy in a car for two
hours with nothing but his brooding
stares and a cell phone well that’s the
gist of this nighttime thriller when I
left the side just over two hours ago I
had a job a wife a home and now I have
none of those things successful
construction foreman Ivan Locke must
juggle work infidelity and his family
over the phone as he drives through the
night from Birmingham to London I have
made a decision that is nobody else who
could be with her she has no friends in
London and it’s quite a fragile person
this unique chamber play takes place
entirely within the confines of Locke’s
car with all conversation occurring over
the phone if the coin at the base of my
building is right if it slips hostage
cracks appeared I did crack Sepideh and
they will grow and grow the nighttime
setting of the film doubles as a
metaphor for the personal darkness that
is slowly enveloping lock as he makes
the drive a slow cruise at midday
wouldn’t have been nearly as effective
hello I’m not explain what I’m not
driving number 8 Cloverfield
you guys you see that they call it the
city that never sleeps and for good
reason this found-footage thriller takes
place in you guessed it New York City
as a monster tears the place apart a
group of friends races against the odds
on a daring rescue mission in true JJ
Abrams’s fashion the film leaves a tense
narrative around the carnage and mayhem
of a city under siege nobody telling me
whatever it is it’s winning as the
landmarks begin to crumble and darkness
sets in the characters find themselves
wondering if they will ever see another
sunrise word of advice if you’re ever in
NYC maybe steer clear of an overnight
battle with a world conquering alien
mega monster oh that’s not going to hit
us hard
number seven Night of the Living Dead
that coming to get you Barbara bloody
murder coupled with a black leading man
not exactly typical when it came to
films of the 1960s
then again George a Romero is anything
but ordinary
the directors iconic film is more than
just your standard zombie flick it is
the zombie flick are they slow-moving
chief yeah they’re dead they’re all
messed up trapped in a farmhouse and
surrounded by a swarm of reanimated
corpses a group of strangers must work
together to ensure their survival
zombies are best move and try to get out
of here look how are you gonna get over
to that pump over the course of the
night things go from bad to worse with
the kind of graphic violence the world
has come to expect from Romero
subversive bold and uninhibited this
movie utilizes the darkness of the night
to heighten the suspense and the terror
they’re just dead flesh
and dangerous number 6 collateral killed
no I shot bullets in the fog killed him
nobody knows how to shoot Los Angeles at
night quite like Michael Mann and this
film is no exception for taxi driver max
it was just another night making the
rounds that is until he picked up
Vincent a contract killer hell-bent on
ensuring his targets don’t make it till
morning billions of galaxies and
hundreds of millions of stars in a speck
on one
that’s us lost in space the cop you me
who notices being able to cram this much
action into a single evening is what
makes this film a standout as the night
rolls along a new beautifully
choreographed action sequence is
seemingly around every corner
weaving itself through many different
parts of the city the film truly
emulates the feeling of being a cabbie
in nighttime la that being said a
typical taxi ride doesn’t usually
involve this much bloodshed first time
in LA tell you truth whenever I’m here I
can’t wait to leave number five the
Warriors ah beautiful New York City
Times Square Coney Island and gang
members murdering each other in the
streets in this 70s cult classic a gang
must fight their way across the city
after being falsely accused of killing
the magnetic leader of the Big Apple’s
largest gang
Syrus they did great at it you know
being pursued by every tough guy in town
the men must keep their heads on a
swivel if they wish to make it until
morning we’re marching down to the next
station right through these lame
territory now let’s move the overnight
setting of the film plays like a ticking
time bomb with the characters well aware
that if they don’t make it home by
Sunrise it’s going to go off next time
someone asks you to come out and play
maybe it’s best if you just stay home
can we see the ocean we figure we’re
home we’re safe
this time you got it wrong number four
American Graffiti Haley shaker
last night town you guys gonna have
little bash coyly t-birds drive-ins and
rock and roll
welcome to California in the 60s this
movie follows a group of teenagers as
they cruise around the city discussing
life girls and their impending futures
is it every girl that comes around here
as ugly as a boyfriend for high school
grads Kurt and Steve this night may very
well be the last in their hometown the
film pulls off the impressive task of
making audiences care about a cast of
characters based solely on one night
with them I just wanted to tell you
there Bobby here’s man they love with
you and trembles in the side of your
rippling lightnin shot on a shoestring
budget this period piece went on to
gross over 200 million dollars was
nominated for five Academy Awards and in
the 90s was selected for preservation in
the National Film registry not bad for a
single evening in Modesto she someone
wants me someone roaming the streets
wants me will you turn the corner number
three after hours I don’t want anything
I just want to sit here is that okay
have you ever had a really bad night
well in this Scorsese comedy an
innocuous word-processor experiences the
worst night of his life she know when
I’ve been to at night you know that the
last thing I want to do is steal from
somebody seemingly trapped in the
Manhattan neighborhood of Soho Paul
Hackett’s evening goes from bad to worse
as he attempts to make it home in one
piece why don’t you just go home pal
I’ve been asking myself that one all
night long
audiences can feel the urgency and
Hackett’s character as he fights the
kinds of demons that only come out after
dark the night appears to grow more
sinister at every turn elevating the
tension as Hackett just can’t seem to
escape his surroundings
[Music]
there’s no word processor Scorsese makes
the most of the nighttime setting
turning the Soho streets and alleys into
a never-ending maze
probably a blink that number two before
sunrise
I made a guy in the train and I gotta
for them in Vienna we still there how to
be young and in Europe after meeting on
a train coming from Budapest
Jesse and Celine decide to spend the
evening together walking around the city
so listen here’s the deal this is what
we should do you should get off the
train with me here in Vienna and come
check out the town what they’ll be fine
as the night unfolds the two
20-somethings begin to realize that
their feelings for one another
are much stronger than they could have
ever anticipated what’s so cool is it
this whole evening all our time together
shouldn’t officially be happening I know
maybe that’s why this feels so
otherworldly the film is striking in
that it compresses an epic love story
into a single night Richard Linklater
has you caring so deeply for these two
lovebirds that by the end all you want
is for their time together to last a
little longer not surprising when you
consider that this is the same guy who
gave us Dazed and Confused
I love those redheads man before we
unveil our number one pick here are some
honorable mentions you ain’t bringing
all them people in here know that
involved in something someone’s chasing
them they got weapons and look that
one’s bleeding
what really different a different
reality here yeah we’re in a different
reality because the reality where I am
from my best friend didn’t sleep with my
wife I hope that was an empty bottle
George you can’t afford to waste good
liquor not on your salary not on an
associate professors salary
from my real friends and real pain for
my sham friends thank you see he’ll tell
you Angela number one
die hard because a motherfucker no movie
is perfect but die hard is pretty damn
close
set in a Los Angeles high-rise a group
of German mercenaries masquerade as
terrorists in order to pull off a daring
heist I wanted this to be professional
efficient about cooperative not a lot to
ask allows your mr. Takagi did not see
it that way so he won’t be joining us
for the rest of his life standing in
their way is a shoeless Bruce Willis
armed only with a machine gun and a
truckload of sarcasm he’s sorry Hans I
didn’t get that message whereas other
action flicks take their time spreading
out fight sequences over days weeks or
even years
die hard packs the heat into just one
night endlessly quotable this film jams
so much intensity into a single evening
you think you died and went to action
movie heaven the nighttime setting
illuminates Nakatomi Plaza highlighting
it as the battleground for one of the
greatest action movies ever made
betrayal zones do you agree with our
list what’s your favorite movie that
takes place over one night do you
believe in time do them too do you
believe in Santa Claus yeah
norther way for more entertaining top
10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com okay chief
take them away I’m gonna go home and
sleep with my wife
[Music]
sometimes all you need is one night what
sure sure no welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’re counting down our picks
for the top 10 movies that take place
over 1 night for this list we’re looking
at movies in which the majority of the
action takes place over the course of a
single night if a film briefly sets up
the events of the evening throughout the
afternoon or only comes to a conclusion
the morning after we will still consider
it why’d you do it
why’d you waste Cyrus no reason what
matters most is that each of these films
centers around one truly unforgettable
night if none of you deduce that the
others would involve to number 10 clue
well what are you afraid of a fate worse
than death
no just dead paramount definitely rolled
the dice on this one based on the iconic
murder mystery board game the film
version takes place in a lavish New
England mansion as a collection of
suspicious dinner guests tries to figure
out who killed their host mr. Boddy why
was mr. Boddy pretending to be dead he
could any because he realized that his
scheme had misfired and the gunshot was
intended to kill him not me considered a
cult classic this film ups the urgency
by compressing the investigation into a
single evening as the drama unfolds the
tensions rise and the bodies start to
pile up everybody begins to wonder if
they will make it till morning maybe he
wasn’t dead he was we should have made
sure how I cut his head off I suppose
that wasn’t called for in a unique
marketing move and one that remained
true to the game the film’s ultimate
Dyneema could play out in a variety of
different ways with theaters receiving
one of three versions of the film each
with a different ending whoever has the
gun is the murderer brilliantly worked
at Watson high congratulate chute number
9
Locke
making a good movie doesn’t need to be
complicated
just stick Tom Hardy in a car for two
hours with nothing but his brooding
stares and a cell phone well that’s the
gist of this nighttime thriller when I
left the side just over two hours ago I
had a job a wife a home and now I have
none of those things successful
construction foreman Ivan Locke must
juggle work infidelity and his family
over the phone as he drives through the
night from Birmingham to London I have
made a decision that is nobody else who
could be with her she has no friends in
London and it’s quite a fragile person
this unique chamber play takes place
entirely within the confines of Locke’s
car with all conversation occurring over
the phone if the coin at the base of my
building is right if it slips hostage
cracks appeared I did crack Sepideh and
they will grow and grow the nighttime
setting of the film doubles as a
metaphor for the personal darkness that
is slowly enveloping lock as he makes
the drive a slow cruise at midday
wouldn’t have been nearly as effective
hello I’m not explain what I’m not
driving number 8 Cloverfield
you guys you see that they call it the
city that never sleeps and for good
reason this found-footage thriller takes
place in you guessed it New York City
as a monster tears the place apart a
group of friends races against the odds
on a daring rescue mission in true JJ
Abrams’s fashion the film leaves a tense
narrative around the carnage and mayhem
of a city under siege nobody telling me
whatever it is it’s winning as the
landmarks begin to crumble and darkness
sets in the characters find themselves
wondering if they will ever see another
sunrise word of advice if you’re ever in
NYC maybe steer clear of an overnight
battle with a world conquering alien
mega monster oh that’s not going to hit
us hard
number seven Night of the Living Dead
that coming to get you Barbara bloody
murder coupled with a black leading man
not exactly typical when it came to
films of the 1960s
then again George a Romero is anything
but ordinary
the directors iconic film is more than
just your standard zombie flick it is
the zombie flick are they slow-moving
chief yeah they’re dead they’re all
messed up trapped in a farmhouse and
surrounded by a swarm of reanimated
corpses a group of strangers must work
together to ensure their survival
zombies are best move and try to get out
of here look how are you gonna get over
to that pump over the course of the
night things go from bad to worse with
the kind of graphic violence the world
has come to expect from Romero
subversive bold and uninhibited this
movie utilizes the darkness of the night
to heighten the suspense and the terror
they’re just dead flesh
and dangerous number 6 collateral killed
no I shot bullets in the fog killed him
nobody knows how to shoot Los Angeles at
night quite like Michael Mann and this
film is no exception for taxi driver max
it was just another night making the
rounds that is until he picked up
Vincent a contract killer hell-bent on
ensuring his targets don’t make it till
morning billions of galaxies and
hundreds of millions of stars in a speck
on one
that’s us lost in space the cop you me
who notices being able to cram this much
action into a single evening is what
makes this film a standout as the night
rolls along a new beautifully
choreographed action sequence is
seemingly around every corner
weaving itself through many different
parts of the city the film truly
emulates the feeling of being a cabbie
in nighttime la that being said a
typical taxi ride doesn’t usually
involve this much bloodshed first time
in LA tell you truth whenever I’m here I
can’t wait to leave number five the
Warriors ah beautiful New York City
Times Square Coney Island and gang
members murdering each other in the
streets in this 70s cult classic a gang
must fight their way across the city
after being falsely accused of killing
the magnetic leader of the Big Apple’s
largest gang
Syrus they did great at it you know
being pursued by every tough guy in town
the men must keep their heads on a
swivel if they wish to make it until
morning we’re marching down to the next
station right through these lame
territory now let’s move the overnight
setting of the film plays like a ticking
time bomb with the characters well aware
that if they don’t make it home by
Sunrise it’s going to go off next time
someone asks you to come out and play
maybe it’s best if you just stay home
can we see the ocean we figure we’re
home we’re safe
this time you got it wrong number four
American Graffiti Haley shaker
last night town you guys gonna have
little bash coyly t-birds drive-ins and
rock and roll
welcome to California in the 60s this
movie follows a group of teenagers as
they cruise around the city discussing
life girls and their impending futures
is it every girl that comes around here
as ugly as a boyfriend for high school
grads Kurt and Steve this night may very
well be the last in their hometown the
film pulls off the impressive task of
making audiences care about a cast of
characters based solely on one night
with them I just wanted to tell you
there Bobby here’s man they love with
you and trembles in the side of your
rippling lightnin shot on a shoestring
budget this period piece went on to
gross over 200 million dollars was
nominated for five Academy Awards and in
the 90s was selected for preservation in
the National Film registry not bad for a
single evening in Modesto she someone
wants me someone roaming the streets
wants me will you turn the corner number
three after hours I don’t want anything
I just want to sit here is that okay
have you ever had a really bad night
well in this Scorsese comedy an
innocuous word-processor experiences the
worst night of his life she know when
I’ve been to at night you know that the
last thing I want to do is steal from
somebody seemingly trapped in the
Manhattan neighborhood of Soho Paul
Hackett’s evening goes from bad to worse
as he attempts to make it home in one
piece why don’t you just go home pal
I’ve been asking myself that one all
night long
audiences can feel the urgency and
Hackett’s character as he fights the
kinds of demons that only come out after
dark the night appears to grow more
sinister at every turn elevating the
tension as Hackett just can’t seem to
escape his surroundings
[Music]
there’s no word processor Scorsese makes
the most of the nighttime setting
turning the Soho streets and alleys into
a never-ending maze
probably a blink that number two before
sunrise
I made a guy in the train and I gotta
for them in Vienna we still there how to
be young and in Europe after meeting on
a train coming from Budapest
Jesse and Celine decide to spend the
evening together walking around the city
so listen here’s the deal this is what
we should do you should get off the
train with me here in Vienna and come
check out the town what they’ll be fine
as the night unfolds the two
20-somethings begin to realize that
their feelings for one another
are much stronger than they could have
ever anticipated what’s so cool is it
this whole evening all our time together
shouldn’t officially be happening I know
maybe that’s why this feels so
otherworldly the film is striking in
that it compresses an epic love story
into a single night Richard Linklater
has you caring so deeply for these two
lovebirds that by the end all you want
is for their time together to last a
little longer not surprising when you
consider that this is the same guy who
gave us Dazed and Confused
I love those redheads man before we
unveil our number one pick here are some
honorable mentions you ain’t bringing
all them people in here know that
involved in something someone’s chasing
them they got weapons and look that
one’s bleeding
what really different a different
reality here yeah we’re in a different
reality because the reality where I am
from my best friend didn’t sleep with my
wife I hope that was an empty bottle
George you can’t afford to waste good
liquor not on your salary not on an
associate professors salary
from my real friends and real pain for
my sham friends thank you see he’ll tell
you Angela number one
die hard because a motherfucker no movie
is perfect but die hard is pretty damn
close
set in a Los Angeles high-rise a group
of German mercenaries masquerade as
terrorists in order to pull off a daring
heist I wanted this to be professional
efficient about cooperative not a lot to
ask allows your mr. Takagi did not see
it that way so he won’t be joining us
for the rest of his life standing in
their way is a shoeless Bruce Willis
armed only with a machine gun and a
truckload of sarcasm he’s sorry Hans I
didn’t get that message whereas other
action flicks take their time spreading
out fight sequences over days weeks or
even years
die hard packs the heat into just one
night endlessly quotable this film jams
so much intensity into a single evening
you think you died and went to action
movie heaven the nighttime setting
illuminates Nakatomi Plaza highlighting
it as the battleground for one of the
greatest action movies ever made
betrayal zones do you agree with our
list what’s your favorite movie that
takes place over one night do you
believe in time do them too do you
believe in Santa Claus yeah
norther way for more entertaining top
10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com okay chief
take them away I’m gonna go home and
sleep with my wife
[Music]
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